The Story of New Mexico In 100 Landmarks

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>America turns 250. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Let's go find the candles.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've wandered through big cities tiny towns muddy trails and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5000 historic gems along the way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive sometimes weird and always waiting to be rediscovered. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're traveling by road by printed page or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week we invite you to explore 100 New Mexico landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Land of Enchantment. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Roadside architecture... iconic art... Ernie Pyle... historic stages... Ben</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Hur... Carnegie libraries... The Mother Road... boomtowns... Pancho</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Villa... iron horses... Buffalo Soldiers... five and dimes... Harvey Hous-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>es... early aviation... Henry Trost... Confederate dreams... the atomic</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>bomb... chiles... water... the golden age of motoring... the Civilian</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Conservation Corps... Billy the Kid... quarter horses... This book will</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>have you telling stories like a native in no time.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the explanations behind the quirks the traditions and the secrets that</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>make New Mexico uniquely New Mexico. How did Chaves County end</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>up with the state's best Beaux Arts building? Solved. Where to find</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the largest collection of National Park Service parkitecture? Mys-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>tery solved. The building that received the most government money</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>during the Great Depression? Identified. America's only school built as</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>a bomb shelter? Revealed.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is a story only New Mexico can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public or at least visible from public spaces. So fire up the GPS and see the story of the Land of Enchantment standing in plain sight on New Mexico streets!</span></p><p></p>